If, for some reason, u already logged in, and didn't do recovery from first setup. Remove app, with deletion of all setting, and start all over again. Works!
I guess I have to do it this way as I installed the app on my new phone and didn't notice any restore button. Seems kind of weird there is no option to restore from cloud if you already have the app installed and didn't restore during the install process.
my phone broke due to some car accident(I'm Fine, thanks for asking 😊) it was oneplus"android" and I tried with my second mobile, iPhone "ios" it didn't work, until I crossed your video and saw this frame 00:10 then I tried it using Emulator "android studio" and thanks god its WORKED 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭. liked and sub to your channel, SIR 🤝.
Thanks for this valuable share, It really saved my time in getting all of my accounts from my mum's phone to my phone. especially it helped me in signing with my TCS Code Vita account into Microsoft Authenticator which is only able to sign-in only through QR code. Please keep posting videos like this more informative.😇🥰😍
This worked for me with one slightly different step. Here’s what I did. I had everything on my iPhone. I was signed in with the same account on my iPad but it was lacking everything. So I deleted the app on my iPad. Reinstalled it. Selected the restore from back option. It had me verify via the authenticator on my iPhone (that was the additional step). After that everything on my iPhone is now on my iPad. So glad to have it on two devices now. Thanks for the video.
Great video, thank you. I tried to restore my Microsoft authenticator yesterday by using the restore from backup option on the new phone. It restored all my accounts except for all Outlook and Microsoft 365 accounts because it said that "additional authentication is required" and "action required" which means that I will have to login into 20 Microsoft 365 accounts to rescan the QR codes. That really defeats the purpose of recovery.
Iphone/ios user here. There was no backup under the settings. Here is how you have to do it. On the phone with all the original authenticator data (must be an ios -> ios transfer or android -> android) 0.) Make sure you're signed in on an account in the microsoft authenticator app 1.) Settings -> Backup -> Turn on iCloud Backup On the New Device 2.) On the new device install the microsoft authenticator app 3.) After the first few prompts, you will see a prompt with the option to restore from backup -> Select that option and sign in using the same account from the original device. 4.) The authenticator app will autopopulate with your codes. At first the codes on the new devices will differ but after some time the codes will sync up and be the same. The first batch of codes are probably just temporary and used as a placeholder until the codes sync up.
Well done this worked. Microsoft is painful to deal with. Especially now that their support is coming from West Africa (low wages) and the call quality is really poor.
When restoring in IOS, it asks me on the new phone to verify the imported accounts by scanning a QR code the organisation provides.. but which QR codes? Do they email them to each account? Any insights are much appreciated.
Will Microsoft Authenticator on the new iPhone still ask for a Microsoft Authenticator verify from the old phone when logging in on the Microsoft account? What if I don’t have my old phone and just want to backup and restore from iCloud?
Last time I checked, you don't need your old phone as long as you have a backup saved. However, if you are trying to log in to your MS account, you will need the old phone to enter that code first. You can go to your MS account on a computer and rest your authentication settings. You will need to have a backup key for that (I think)
I’m thinking of moving from iOS to Android. How would I transfer my authenticator? Would I have to do it manually? (IE: disable authentication on iPhone, re-enable on Android)
Thanks for this! i had a weird problem that when i logged in to the authenticator on my new phone and signed in to my microsoft account it only added the microsoft account itself and not the other accounts i had on the old phone like twitter. i think it's because i had not backed it up. so i backed it up on my old phone, deleted the authenticator app on my new phone and re-downloaded it and then i was able to choose recovery from backup and now all the accounts were added back on.
I had already installed it on my new device and went into the app trying to figure it out. Then, I came here searching for a video and found yours. After watching I uninstalled it and made sure to hit restore from backup but it still didn't restore the other two that I had on the authenticator. :(
Good video. I already had the Microsoft Authenticator app installed on my new phone, and I couldn't find the option to restore from the backup of my other phone. I uninstalled the app on the new phone, reinstalled and went through the restore process as you outlined, and it's all working now. Thanks
How about when I backed it up before, then reformatted the same phone, and now I want to access it again, I tried to do it but all it says is "Too many requests."
I cannot recover to my new phone, probably because at first, I manually logged into my MS account once, assuming that then the codes would be recovered. That was not the case, I had an empty slate with just the manually added MS account. I activated cloud backup, and once the data were backed up. Later I realised that I need to do the recovery procedure described here, but now it does not work anymore, even after deleting all app data. I can start recovery, the 2-digits code in the original app comes up and I can approve the recovery to the new phone, but in the end I get an error message, saying that the backup allegedly was not saved under that MS account and I should try another one, which is definitely a false statement. Maybe it looks under the device-specific cloud backup I had created and then deleted again before, not really accessing the backup from my old phone anymore. How can I manually transfer all data to the new phone?
After a while, the old authenticator app asked me to refresh my backup to the cloud, so I did. After that, I finally was able to restore them to the new device. Probably, the deleted backup from the new device under the same account meant that in the meantime there was no cloud backup at all. Very strange. Guys, be careful to really start from scratch with cloud restore and do NOT manually add any identical accounts and backup them first.
@@Computerlegacy You are right. Every single one of them sucks. They want to design their apps in the most painful way possible in the name of 'security'.
Hey bro i have troubling to get my Salesforce old accounts due to dead phone. in my new phone i haven't backup or any type of recovery so what i need to do ?😢
If you don't have access to the account, try putting one of the recovery codes? When you create 2FA, websites show recovery codes in case you don't have the Authenticator app. If you have the recovery codes, you can contact their customer support to remove the 2FA.
Hey I need to know how to transfer my work or school authenticator account from my android phone to iPhone. I follow the steps of the above video and I transfer my personal account but I couldn't transfer my school account.
I somoehow added my microsoft account to Authenticator on the new iphone and now cannot import from the old iphone so i don't have the "recover accounts" button 😢
Have you backed up the new codes to the cloud? If not, then reset all authentication codes. Then delete this app and install it again. Then you'll find the option. If you have backed up the new app, there is no way to recover the old one.
hey how do you to transfer Authenticator account from IOS to android? Im getting an error message saying that there is nothing stored with my email address even though it says it has been backed up?
You can't do that. That's because your codes from your iPhone are saved on the iCloud, and the codes from Android devices are saved on the Microsoft servers. So, there is no way to recover iPhone codes to an Android and vice versa.
If you had the cloud backup enabled, you are in luck. If not, then nothing can be done. You will need to reset the Authenticator for each website. Some allow you to do that through your phone, while with others, you will need to contact support.
Hlo.. I have installed the authenticator on my father's phone, so i want to transfer the authenticator to my phone cz of some reason.. So do i have to install the authenticator on my phone, and then simply add the code on my fathers phone for verification... So do i have to enable the cloud backup option or else i will only install the authenticator on my phone and then simple add the Microsoft account without doing any backup
First, you need to have the same Microsoft account on both devices. First, install and add accounts to the first device. Then, enable the cloud backup. Then, on the second device, sign in. Follow the video as it does the same step by step.
Help me please... I was recently logged out of my work email on my corporate account since I got a new phone. Try logging in again and an authenticator is required. However, when I got a new phone, I also had to set up my authenticator. When trying to add my work account to the authenticator it didn't work as to log back into the authenticator I need to use the authenticator to give me a verification code. This has led to me being locked out of my work email and stuck in an authenticator loop. I need the authenticator code to log in, but I need to log in to view the authenticator code.
I understand. Many people have faced this issue, and the only way is to email your company's IT department or people who manage accounts and log in and ask them to reset your account.
I lost my apple phone with authenticator installed in it, now I want to do the authentication from an android phone, when I am trying to setup it , its the push notification going to the other phone, how to resolve that, can you pls help
I didn’t make backup and my got reset somehow now everything got removed verified ids and everything is there anyway to get them back because I have saved website login security code and key and without that i can’t login pls help
It doesn't have the feature of syncing the ACCOUNTS. Only the passwords were synced. My problem: My previous phone was POCO X3 GT, the Authenticator that was there had all my accounts. Now, I have a new phone, POCO F6 PRO, and I tried to reinstall Authenticator on the new phone and logged in the account that was on my previous phone. It synced the passwords but not the accounts that were on the previous phone where I can see the authentication codes. How do I transfer my accounts from my old phone to this one on my new phone? I don't want to fix it manually or start binding accounts from the start.
This doesn't work anymore, they made it extremely hard to transfer now, i used backup and it still send the code to my old phone. Imagine you broke your own phone. You are screw.
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If, for some reason, u already logged in, and didn't do recovery from first setup. Remove app, with deletion of all setting, and start all over again. Works!
Thank you. I hope this helps other viewers.
So, if I get a new device, I need to "restore from backup", not "sign in to Microsoft account", right?
I guess I have to do it this way as I installed the app on my new phone and didn't notice any restore button. Seems kind of weird there is no option to restore from cloud if you already have the app installed and didn't restore during the install process.
thanks a lot. much love
So weird, but worked for me. Thanks!
Great! You only missed the point where after backup all my credentials say "Actions required" which means you can't use any of your accounts at all.
In this case, you can try Google Authenticator or Authy.
What you have mentioned in "URL" in Actions Required in "Type code manually" please tell me this...
@@mks-mobileWhat you have mentioned in "URL" in Actions Required in "Type code manually" please tell me this
@user-pj3fk1tt3m what is the solution for action required
@@mks-mobile2:21 2:25
my phone broke due to some car accident(I'm Fine, thanks for asking 😊) it was oneplus"android" and I tried with my second mobile, iPhone "ios" it didn't work, until I crossed your video and saw this frame 00:10 then I tried it using Emulator "android studio" and thanks god its WORKED 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭.
liked and sub to your channel, SIR 🤝.
Can you elaborate on what you did?
Thanks! Microsoft always makes these types of thing unintuitive - so it is great to have a real example!
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for this valuable share, It really saved my time in getting all of my accounts from my mum's phone to my phone. especially it helped me in signing with my TCS Code Vita account into Microsoft Authenticator which is only able to sign-in only through QR code. Please keep posting videos like this more informative.😇🥰😍
Thank you. Ended up uninstalling the app on my new iphone. Then making sure cloud was active on old. And then followed your steps. All good here
This worked for me with one slightly different step. Here’s what I did.
I had everything on my iPhone. I was signed in with the same account on my iPad but it was lacking everything. So I deleted the app on my iPad. Reinstalled it. Selected the restore from back option. It had me verify via the authenticator on my iPhone (that was the additional step). After that everything on my iPhone is now on my iPad.
So glad to have it on two devices now. Thanks for the video.
Depending on the settings and other factor this step may be required. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much. This helped me a lot, really needed it for work
Wow! thanks a lot! Microsoft didn't make it easy to navigate and transfer but you nailed to explain everything! Appreciate a lot!
Thanks a million sir, your excellent tutorial is first rate, and probably saved me an inordinate amount of time and hassle.
Thank you very much, I have used your instructions and it has helped me😊
OMG I don't know who you are but I love you. I'm not bad in IT but I wasted 3h lookling how to do it. This manual worked, thank you brother!
Thanks you soooo much!!! I don’t think you understand how helpful this was to me
And I don't think you understand how comments like this make my day ☺
Great video, thank you. I tried to restore my Microsoft authenticator yesterday by using the restore from backup option on the new phone. It restored all my accounts except for all Outlook and Microsoft 365 accounts because it said that "additional authentication is required" and "action required" which means that I will have to login into 20 Microsoft 365 accounts to rescan the QR codes. That really defeats the purpose of recovery.
I think the purpose of the MS Authenticator backup feature is to restore other accounts (not Microsoft).
Vielen Dank für die schöne und einfache Erklärung, hat super geklappt auf dem neuen Xiaomi.
Iphone/ios user here. There was no backup under the settings. Here is how you have to do it.
On the phone with all the original authenticator data (must be an ios -> ios transfer or android -> android)
0.) Make sure you're signed in on an account in the microsoft authenticator app
1.) Settings -> Backup -> Turn on iCloud Backup
On the New Device
2.) On the new device install the microsoft authenticator app
3.) After the first few prompts, you will see a prompt with the option to restore from backup
-> Select that option and sign in using the same account from the original device.
4.) The authenticator app will autopopulate with your codes. At first the codes on the new devices will differ but after some time the codes will sync up and be the same. The first batch of codes are probably just temporary and used as a placeholder until the codes sync up.
Well done this worked. Microsoft is painful to deal with. Especially now that their support is coming from West Africa (low wages) and the call quality is really poor.
Thanks for your feedback
This video was helpful. Thanks for posting it!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you soo much❤. It's working
People with Indian accents will either help you or scam you there is no in between. Thank you good sir for helping me.
For some reason only my microsoft account get transfer not the rest of the services I have with the authenticator
for me the same, i followed all the steps, but it just resore my microsoft account on new phone ( both are samsung andorids) : (
My problem also😢
Great how-to video. This worked for me. No issues...thanks!
You're welcome!
When restoring in IOS, it asks me on the new phone to verify the imported accounts by scanning a QR code the organisation provides.. but which QR codes? Do they email them to each account? Any insights are much appreciated.
subscribed. after 10 videos something useful.
This was helpful. Thanks!
Also the passwords will be sync? Or only the 2 verification accounts?
Straight to the point. Thank you!
No worries
After restore, I am asked to scan QR code and enter code manually. What code is to be entered here?
Awesome tutorial thanks
Brilliant tutorial. Easy to follow and completely accurate. Thank You 👋
Taking back up is not recommended if you are working in Organization, you must contact their support admin
Thanks for the detailed video!
Will Microsoft Authenticator on the new iPhone still ask for a Microsoft Authenticator verify from the old phone when logging in on the Microsoft account? What if I don’t have my old phone and just want to backup and restore from iCloud?
Last time I checked, you don't need your old phone as long as you have a backup saved. However, if you are trying to log in to your MS account, you will need the old phone to enter that code first. You can go to your MS account on a computer and rest your authentication settings. You will need to have a backup key for that (I think)
Thanks for helping nice explanation 😊
Happy to help!
I’m thinking of moving from iOS to Android. How would I transfer my authenticator? Would I have to do it manually? (IE: disable authentication on iPhone, re-enable on Android)
You saved my time..Thx for your help
Not a problem. Always happy to help
Thank you! This worked like a champ!!!
Glad it helped!
Thanks for this! i had a weird problem that when i logged in to the authenticator on my new phone and signed in to my microsoft account it only added the microsoft account itself and not the other accounts i had on the old phone like twitter. i think it's because i had not backed it up. so i backed it up on my old phone, deleted the authenticator app on my new phone and re-downloaded it and then i was able to choose recovery from backup and now all the accounts were added back on.
Great. Thank you for commenting. I'm glad that my video helped you.
Me fue de gran ayuda tu respuesta, hermano logré pasar las cuentas de verificación a mi nuevo teléfono, lo amo!!! Gracias!!!!!
Can we use simultaneously two accounts backup one and the old one together?
I had already installed it on my new device and went into the app trying to figure it out. Then, I came here searching for a video and found yours. After watching I uninstalled it and made sure to hit restore from backup but it still didn't restore the other two that I had on the authenticator. :(
Thank you. I missed the backup button at the bottom and I just logged in.
Glad I could help
Cab we use gmail account as a backup account? Or do I need to create a microsoft account?
Good video.
I already had the Microsoft Authenticator app installed on my new phone, and I couldn't find the option to restore from the backup of my other phone.
I uninstalled the app on the new phone, reinstalled and went through the restore process as you outlined, and it's all working now. Thanks
Thanks alot mate, very useful
really helpful thank you
All of the accounts moved over require a QR code. What's the point of this if you still need qr codes
The point is just to move your account from one phone to another. Let's say you lost your phone or are switching to a different phone.
Thanks, brother, really helpful
I wish someone would do a video on how to export your 2FA from MSA to another 2FA app!
I can, but the only way is by manual means. You will need to transfer accounts one by one.
Good video!! it helped me a lot. thanks
How about when I backed it up before, then reformatted the same phone, and now I want to access it again, I tried to do it but all it says is "Too many requests."
How to do the transfer from Android to iphone
Read @HadiHammad's comment down below.
You cannot
00:10 listen again
He said manually. So how?
what will happen with the old app? will it still work and allow to login? or transfer means the old app will be blocked?
Yes the old app will work. The new accounts won't be synced, though.
do i need to have the same apple id from old to new?
Worked great thanks!
I cannot recover to my new phone, probably because at first, I manually logged into my MS account once, assuming that then the codes would be recovered. That was not the case, I had an empty slate with just the manually added MS account. I activated cloud backup, and once the data were backed up. Later I realised that I need to do the recovery procedure described here, but now it does not work anymore, even after deleting all app data. I can start recovery, the 2-digits code in the original app comes up and I can approve the recovery to the new phone, but in the end I get an error message, saying that the backup allegedly was not saved under that MS account and I should try another one, which is definitely a false statement. Maybe it looks under the device-specific cloud backup I had created and then deleted again before, not really accessing the backup from my old phone anymore. How can I manually transfer all data to the new phone?
After a while, the old authenticator app asked me to refresh my backup to the cloud, so I did. After that, I finally was able to restore them to the new device. Probably, the deleted backup from the new device under the same account meant that in the meantime there was no cloud backup at all. Very strange. Guys, be careful to really start from scratch with cloud restore and do NOT manually add any identical accounts and backup them first.
@@kriegaexAll theses companies sucks
@@kriegaexI’m having this same issue.
@@Computerlegacy You are right. Every single one of them sucks. They want to design their apps in the most painful way possible in the name of 'security'.
Well done. Thanks
No worries
thanks a lot. much love
Glad it helped!
Thanks , really saved my day .
All good. Take care
No worries
You are great, thanks!
Accidentally my old phone got crashed so what to do in this situation
Hey bro i have troubling to get my Salesforce old accounts due to dead phone. in my new phone i haven't backup or any type of recovery so what i need to do ?😢
If you don't have access to the account, try putting one of the recovery codes? When you create 2FA, websites show recovery codes in case you don't have the Authenticator app. If you have the recovery codes, you can contact their customer support to remove the 2FA.
Yoo! Thank you so much!
No worries
Mate you safed my life!
No worries
Hey I need to know how to transfer my work or school authenticator account from my android phone to iPhone. I follow the steps of the above video and I transfer my personal account but I couldn't transfer my school account.
MS Authenticator supports Android to Android and iPhone to iPhone transfer. You need to transfer those accounts manually. There is no other way.
I somoehow added my microsoft account to Authenticator on the new iphone and now cannot import from the old iphone so i don't have the "recover accounts" button 😢
Have you backed up the new codes to the cloud? If not, then reset all authentication codes. Then delete this app and install it again. Then you'll find the option. If you have backed up the new app, there is no way to recover the old one.
I’m everything on this video but still not seeing my accounts. Not sure what am I doing wrong. Any advice. I have an I phone. Thanks
Was your iCloud backup on in the previous app?
@@mks-mobile thank you for asking. But fortunately after several attempts I was able to import my IDs Great tutorial video.
@@angelherrera5603 thank you. I'm glad it worked.
Good Video. It helps me.
Glad it helped
hey how do you to transfer Authenticator account from IOS to android? Im getting an error message saying that there is nothing stored with my email address even though it says it has been backed up?
You can't do that. That's because your codes from your iPhone are saved on the iCloud, and the codes from Android devices are saved on the Microsoft servers. So, there is no way to recover iPhone codes to an Android and vice versa.
thanks @@mks-mobile
Thanks very much!
No worries
What to do if your older phone is not working ??? How to set up all the older accounts in the new phone ???
If you had the cloud backup enabled, you are in luck. If not, then nothing can be done. You will need to reset the Authenticator for each website. Some allow you to do that through your phone, while with others, you will need to contact support.
How do i restore if I don't have my old phone anymore with me? where do i get the notification? 😢😢😢
Was the cloud backup enabled in that device?
@@mks-mobile yes it was.
Hello does it recovers all our addrd 2fa verification apps also brother?
Yes, but the accounts must be backed up
Hlo.. I have installed the authenticator on my father's phone, so i want to transfer the authenticator to my phone cz of some reason.. So do i have to install the authenticator on my phone, and then simply add the code on my fathers phone for verification... So do i have to enable the cloud backup option or else i will only install the authenticator on my phone and then simple add the Microsoft account without doing any backup
First, you need to have the same Microsoft account on both devices. First, install and add accounts to the first device. Then, enable the cloud backup. Then, on the second device, sign in. Follow the video as it does the same step by step.
Help me please...
I was recently logged out of my work email on my corporate account since I got a new phone. Try logging in again and an authenticator is required.
However, when I got a new phone, I also had to set up my authenticator. When trying to add my work account to the authenticator it didn't work as to log back into the authenticator I need to use the authenticator to give me a verification code. This has led to me being locked out of my work email and stuck in an authenticator loop. I need the authenticator code to log in, but I need to log in to view the authenticator code.
I understand. Many people have faced this issue, and the only way is to email your company's IT department or people who manage accounts and log in and ask them to reset your account.
Excellent. Thank you.
I lost my apple phone with authenticator installed in it, now I want to do the authentication from an android phone, when I am trying to setup it , its the push notification going to the other phone, how to resolve that, can you pls help
Well, in that case, you will need to use a recovery method. Do you see an option such as "Get a code on your phone"?
any way possible to still recover your account, without having the old phone, but all backup enabled?
did you find it im fucked with my school account rn
@@maximeclaveau9511 same here bro
Android to Iphone "You must do that manually" well where's that video?
I didn’t make backup and my got reset somehow now everything got removed verified ids and everything is there anyway to get them back because I have saved website login security code and key and without that i can’t login pls help
You need the backup codes. Do you have those? Otherwise, contact the support.
Bro my iCloud is different form my old phone and new one what should i do now??
To recover your old account, you must have the same iCloud. If want to set up MS Auth, you can use your new iCloud.
Thank You Man!
thank you so much !
Thank you 🙏, sir.
So nice of you
You safe my life ❤️
can you not do this offline (not on the cloud backup)?
No, there is no way to do that, unfortunately.
What if you don’t have access to the old phone anymore?
Then nothing can be done. You'll need the backup codes or contact the support of each company.
It doesn't have the feature of syncing the ACCOUNTS. Only the passwords were synced.
My problem: My previous phone was POCO X3 GT, the Authenticator that was there had all my accounts. Now, I have a new phone, POCO F6 PRO, and I tried to reinstall Authenticator on the new phone and logged in the account that was on my previous phone. It synced the passwords but not the accounts that were on the previous phone where I can see the authentication codes. How do I transfer my accounts from my old phone to this one on my new phone? I don't want to fix it manually or start binding accounts from the start.
It also syncs the accounts. The video covers the step by step process.
How can i add my Samsung pass , & Gmail accounts 2
Samsung Pass can't be added. I think you can add Gmail in the account settings.
thank you, a lifesaver
Don't mention it
This doesn't work anymore, they made it extremely hard to transfer now, i used backup and it still send the code to my old phone. Imagine you broke your own phone. You are screw.
fecking legend, thanks mate !
Happy to help
Thanks machan
It didn't work for me. It only recovered the first microsoft account but not the other ones related. Im on Android :(
Did you click the recovery option on the new device? I think you missed some steps. Was/is the cloud backed enabled on your previous device?
How to remove account from the previous phone then?
Manually remove each account. Or delete the app data. Or uninstall the app.
Thank you so much!
No worries!
0:20 "for android to iphone and vice versa, you must do that manually" 😳 so.... Where's that video? 😅
Unless that's LITERALLY go into each account with 2FA, disable 2FA on the old phone and re-enable it all via the app on the new phone? 😳
Yes, that is what I meant. That's the manual way.
can you do this from Android to iPhone?
iPhone to iPhone and Android to Android only.
Thank you for this!
Not a problem
This worked fine for me
What if it won’t let you back it up because it’s a work/business account
You will need to add a personal MS account.
@@mks-mobilenope doesn’t work on work business phone even though you have personal account added